T o P Waymarked Walk No. 11 ennine Bridleway Hartcliffe Hill in full bloom BARNSLEY BOUNDARY WALK 3 At the edge of open country at a gate bear right 1 Our walk starts at Langsett on the busy A616. The and follow the track to meet the main A628 road at village caters for visitors with a car park, public toilets The Barnsley Boundary Walk is made up of twelve short LANGSETT to Harden Ellerslie Lodge. and picnic site at Langsett Barn. There is a Café and walks joined to form a continuous route some 73 miles B WINSCAR 4 Carefully cross the A628 by the Dog and Partridge Public House. Camping is available nearby. (117 km) in length, mainly through the Metropolitan The impressive Langsett Barn dates from 1621 and was Borough of Barnsley, but also in parts of Kirklees, Public House and follow the Snow Road track, the original turnpike, for 1½ miles. renovated in 1992. Wakefield, Doncaster, and Sheffield. Tinker Hill Starting Point A Moorland Experience ... Leave the car park and follow the footpath via Langsett You can join the route at any point and enjoy one or Langsett Barn Car Park. The attractive and historic village of Langsett 5 At Fiddler’s Green pass the remains of the Plough Bank. Langsett Reservoir, completed in 1904, supplies more sections to suit your time and energies, and travel Distance provides a gateway into the north eastern area of and Harrow Inn, continue and then turn right onto 5.7 miles (9.2 km). the Peak District National Park. The advent of the north Sheffield with up to 60,000 cubic metres of water arrangements. Time turnpike road and the reservoirs dramatically P the bridleway to cross Thurlstone Moors heading per day. This leaflet is one of a series of six designed not only to Allow yourself up to four changed the original agricultural community. The towards Upper Windleden Reservoir. hours for exploring at a process of change continues as various recreational rans Pennine Trail At the wide track above Brook House Bridge turn leisurely pace. T 2 show you the route but also to point out and explain activities now superimpose on the traditional rural Townhead (East) 6 Descend to cross west of Upper Windleden right onto Brook House Lane alongside Hagg Brook, then Footwear economy. many of the interesting facts and features to be Reservoir then climb the hill diagonally to meet the road This section includes open Yorkshire Water welcome visitors to the area left onto the wide track running parallel to Badger Lane discovered along this very popular walking way. moorland which can be wet Winscar Reservoir at Windle Edge Lane. and windy. Choose surrounding Langsett Reservoir. The walk follows Brook. At the end of the track bear right onto Swinden The walk roughly follows the boundary of the appropriate footwear . well defined paths to the north and west of the Lane (bridleway). Reservoir to emerge at Swinden with the prospect 7 Waymarks Turn right and walk to the Yorkshire Water car Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley through a great of open moorland before us. The route is waymarked with P park and picnic site at Winscar Reservoir where our variety of landscapes from the moorland of Dunford, a distinctive B circled with Crossing the A628 leads to the Snow Road and the DUNFORD walk ends. the wooded environs of Wharncliffe, the historic parks at arrows. bridleway across Thurlstone Moors. How to get there BRIDGE Cannon Hall, Bretton and Wortley, and the wetlands of Water catchment again influences the scene as first The villages around the route Windleden and then Winscar Reservoir come into A628 To Penistone the Lower Dearne. Landscapes rich in social, economic are served by bus services and view. some railway stations. Nearby Flouch and natural history. bus stops are shown. This in parts is wild open moorland in sharp You can make your own travel contrast to the softer, gentler landscapes of the east P As you enjoy the Boundary Walk please respect the arrangements using the South of Barnsley Borough. interests of those who live and work in the countryside. Yorkshire Travel Line; Tel: (01709) 515151. Winscar Reservoir Lower Windleden Gilbert Hill If you do use a car please use A628 Fullshaw Further Information the car parks where these Reservoir exist, and be considerate of P If you have any comments on the Boundary Walk, encounter any others when parking difficulties en route, or would like information on other walks and rides elsewhere. 7 4 Ellerslie Lodge in Barnsley, including the Trans Pennine Trail, please contact: Barnsley Additional Information Thurlstone Moors PH Metropolitan Borough Council, Environmental Services, Public Rights The route is covered by OS of Way, PO Box 601, Barnsley, S70 9FA. Tel: (01226) 772142. Explorer Maps No’s:- 2 OL1 The Peak District, 3 E-mail: [email protected]. Dark Peak and map 278 Upper Windleden Swinden For details about the Trans Pennine Trail contact The TPT Office c/o Sheffield and Barnsley Reservoir A616(T) Barnlsey Council, PO Box 597, Barnsley, S70 9EW. Tel: (01226)772574. Windle Edge Lane 6 P PHLangsett Barn E-mail: [email protected]. Brook House Langsett Bank 1 Acknowledgements Trans Pennine Trail Bridge LANGSETT A637 M1 A61 (West) HUDDERSFIELD LEEDS WAKEFIELD Produced by: BMBC 2003, 3rd edition 2015 N A628 PONTEFRACT J38 Royston Snow Road (Track) Re-designed by: Mike Gibson Langsett Reservoir Darton Grimethorpe Illustrations: © BMBC Cudworth A629 A635 HUDDERSFIELD Cawthorne Printed by: BARNSLEY A616 J37 Hoylandswaine Thurnscoe A635 Dodworth Darfield A1(M) South Nab Goldthorpe Upper Midhope A61 Wombwell Penistone A628 Thurgoland PEAK NATIONAL PARK A633 ROTHERHAM A616 Hoyland 5 A628 Wortley J36 Fiddler’s J35A A629 Green M1 Waymarked Walk No. 11 A61 SHEFFIELD LANGSETT to Based upon Ordnance Survey mapping with the 0 mile 0.5 0 2.5 miles Twite Scale permission of HMSO © Crown Copyright. Scale WINSCAR 0 4 kms BMBC Licence Number 100022264. 0 km 0.8 View of Thurlstone Moors Waymarked Walk No. 12 Waymarked Walks 11 & 12 1 Our walk starts at the car park and picnic site at WINSCAR to Winscar Reservoir, off Windle Edge. The reservoir is a LANGSETT to B INGBIRCHWORTH popular sailing venue. Follow the footpath over the B dam and around the reservoir to Harden. INGBIRCHWORTH 7 Turn right again onto Broadstone Road; after ¾ mile 2 At Dunford Bridge the former railway disappears HEPWORTH PH turn left into Horn Lane then down to the reservoir. Starting Point Big Skies over a Watery Landscape ... under the Pennines through the Woodhead Tunnels. To Birdsedge Winscar Reservoir. & Denby Dale 8 From the reservoir edge road turn right into Annat Beyond Winscar Reservoir and Harden, the walk The earliest tunnel was built by Joseph Locke in 1895. 5 Barnsley Boundary Walk Distance Windmill Lane via the Dearne Way Royd Lane, an unmade lane which shortly joins a leaves the Peak District National Park behind and A later tunnel now carries electricity power lines 9.5 miles (15.2 km). departs the Barnsley boundary for a brief excursion Cheese Gate Nab surfaced road. Continue uphill adjacent Ingbirchworth through the hills. Far Lane To Holmfirth Time into Kirklees District around Hepworth. This Moor. Allow yourself half a day or departure provides a flavour of ‘Last of the Summer There is a picnic site at the car park with artwork from Low Common longer to enjoy this strenuous Wine’ country. 4 A616 6 walk. the 2014 Tour de France visible from the popular Trans 9 Turn left onto a gated bridleway and continue along Hepworth is also visited by the Kirklees Way, a long Bent Road Footwear distance route through the equally varied landscapes Pennine Trail. Hey Slack High Lane to Ingbirchworth. Walk through Some sections can have wet, of Kirklees District. Birds Nest Lane muddy or uneven ground. 7 Ingbirchworth village (a Conservation Area), cross the Choose appropriate footwear. Beyond Hepworth we climb back to the elevated Berristal Head Barnside Lane Broadstone stream via an ornate stone clapper bridge within a small landscape of Low Common. We follow quiet lanes Waymarks Law greenspace to meet the A629. The route is waymarked with through a patchwork of drystone walled fields, big a distinctive B circled with skies and long views descending gradually to arrows. Ingbirchworth Reservoir. Snittlegate Broadstone How to get there A last short climb and final descent brings us to Reservoir The villages around the route Ingbirchworth village and the end of our journey. are served by bus services and PH some railway stations. Nearby Maythorn bus stops are shown. Victoria You can make your own travel Flight Hill arrangements using the South Yorkshire Travel Line; Tel: (01709) 515151. Harden If you do use a car please use Ingbirchworth Reservoir & Royd Moor To Huddersfield the car parks where these Pipeworks A616 exist, and be considerate of Green Gate 3 PH others when parking Horn LaneFarm elsewhere. Tinker Hill Whitley Commom Additional Information Linnet Crow Edge The route is covered by OS Explorer Maps No’s:- PH A629 OL1 The Peak District, 3 Just beyond Harden Cottages turn right across peat 8 Dark Peak and map 278 Sheffield and Barnsley diggings to Flight Hill. From Flight Hill Farm walk ¾ mile then turn left into a lane and descend to a road, Ingbirchworth P cross and through a narrow stile at Law Farm. Reservoir INGBIRCHWORTH Winscar Reservoir Follow the footpath past Berristal Head beyond Ox 0 mile 0.5 4 Scale Annat Royd Lane A637 M1 A61 Lee Lane to Far Lane on the outskirts of Hepworth. HUDDERSFIELD LEEDS WAKEFIELD 0 km 0.8 N A628 PONTEFRACT J38 Royston 5 Bear left at the start of Hepworth and follow the 9 Darton Grimethorpe walled lane into the village.